Definitions
of or forming or resembling a peninsula
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.
Used in a sentence
“The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.”
“Near-synonym: insular”
“Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Nearly islandlike”10 letters
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